Sustainable Development Online

The mission of the Science and Technology Foresight Unit of DG RTD is to exploit foresight knowledge produced in Europe and elsewhere in order to inform European research policy developments. This series of Foresight Working Papers, reflecting the think-tank activity of the Unit, is aiming to stimulate discussion among policy-makers at all levels and the foresight research community at large.

""The objective of Sustainable Development: are we coming closer?"", by René Von Schomberg.

This Foresight paper makes the case for an international ""third"" arena for long-term policy planning in order to allow for regulatory mechanisms beyond national planning and global market regulation. The paper proposes a research agenda to underpin the emergence of such an arena.